MN Discovery Center gets money to reopen library

The shuttered Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm is getting money to keep the heat on and to reopen its research library.

Iron Range Resources on Monday approved $250,000 in emergency cash to pay bills at the center, formerly called Ironworld. The agency's board unexpectedly threw in another $200,000 to reopen the center's history research library.

The center closed its doors on Nov. 20

Iron Range Resources Commissioner Sandy Layman recommended allocating $250,000 to the center to keep it afloat until March. That's when Layman says she hopes to make a final recommendation on its future.

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Information from: Duluth News Tribune